Rubenfeld, Jed. The Interpretation of Murder.(Brief article)(Book review)

* Rubenfeld, Jed. The Interpretation of Murder. Holt. Sept. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-6050-8098-8. $26. F

This is a gloriously intelligent exploration of what might have happened to Sigmund Freud during his only visit to America. The tortured body of a young society woman is found in a posh New York apartment in the summer of 1909. A day later, beautiful Nora Acton is found with similar marks, only she has managed to survive the brutal attack. Freud, en route with Carl Jung to a speaking engagement in Boston, finds himself drawn into the investigation. He asks an American colleague to psychoanalyze Nora, who has repressed all memory of the …